The Protectorate of Spice Harvester 83 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, vat-grown people, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 8.709 billion Spice Harvester 83ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Spice Harvester 83ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,090 trillion spices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 125,195 spices, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.
Police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, taxpayer-funded government ads are promoting Brancaland as a premier filming location, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spice Harvester 83's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Spice Harvester 83 is ranked 265,551st in the world and 1,553rd in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Patriotic, with 0.95 flags saluted per person per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Spice Harvester 83 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and Most Avoided and the Top 10% for Most Scientifically Advanced, Highest Disposable Incomes, and Highest Economic Output.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, taxpayer-funded government ads are promoting Brancaland as a premier filming location.
- : Spice Harvester 83 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, government ministers are regularly seen in the streets confessing their sins and hammering missiles into plow-shares.
- : Following new legislation in Spice Harvester 83, convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes.
- : Spice Harvester 83 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
- : Spice Harvester 83 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
